The Carefree Island Lord of Nanyang

Recently, a special correspondent interviewed Gu Yu, the newly crowned richest man in Nanyang, in Singapore. The young tycoon’s companies operate in cutting-edge fields including deep space and deep-sea exploration, island wildlife farming and tourism, gene editing and modification, and metaverse gaming. His businesses span thousands of islands worldwide, and he also owns the world’s largest chain of restaurants serving bizarre cuisine. His enterprises have profoundly shaped every aspect of human life. Speaking to the reporter, Gu Yu recalled that he had once been just a poor international student scraping by in Singapore’s Geylang district. In his spare time, he liked playing a game called Happy Little Island Lord, and whenever he had a free moment, he would head to Pulau Ubin to grow crops like strawberries, radishes, and chili peppers to sell. Back then, he only wanted to help cover his living expenses… What he didn’t tell the reporter was that his corner of Geylang had been home to all sorts of hidden talents: a big shot quietly running a small restaurant, a pair of twin internet celebrities famous for getting into fights because they were so beautiful, and a cool, aloof professor who was a top academic… His connection with her/them, and the successful career he had today, all began with a strange dream he had that night…